Reddahaydn's Touring Discovery 3 Build Thread

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Few Photos from the June Long weekend up Dargo way

That looks like a cracking trip and you've got some nice mods there, I've done a few of them myself.

My cheapie POS compressor passed away and I've been wondering what do about a replacement. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that ARBs are available reasonably close to me. In your real world experience is the twin set worth it?

[Reddahaydn]

That looks like a cracking trip and you've got some nice mods there, I've done a few of them myself.

My cheapie POS compressor passed away and I've been wondering what do about a replacement. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that ARBs are available reasonably close to me. In your real world experience is the twin set worth it?

Its worth every cent plus more! It's highly unlikely i will ever own anything but the arb twin compressor! Very quick to pump up tyres which means youll uses it more often, and its always a pain at the ens of a day to air up. Ive done iall 4 wheela n 5-8 minutes - my old portable one or the single arb would take 15-25, depending on the temp.
10/10

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Its worth every cent plus more! It's highly unlikely i will ever own anything but the arb twin compressor! Very quick to pump up tyres which means youll uses it more often, and its always a pain at the ens of a day to air up. Ive done iall 4 wheela n 5-8 minutes - my old portable one or the single arb would take 15-25, depending on the temp.
10/10

Thanks Reddahaydn, that's a cracking endorsement, thank you. No prizes for guessing what I'll be fitting next week

What sort of duty cycle do you work to? And what's the function of the manifold? I can see that it extends the connect / disconnect point but is there any more to it?

Last question. When you remove the drawers where in or on the D3 will you mount it? I'm hoping you've got a clever solution that doesn't involve the engine bay?

[Reddahaydn]

I think, and dont quote me, but the dual compressor can run air tools etc, but if your doing more than 8 tyres at a time it may be worth having a tank as well. Ive pumped up 4 tyres and it barely gets warm. Would have no issues helping a mate straight after. Bloke i work with pumped up car and van tyres on a trip round australia no worries at all. It was his endorsement that made my decision.

Manifold is soley so i can reach the hose connection point. Also means your hose doesnt get as hot, which was a problem on older arb hoses but i believe theyve fixed that on the newer ones.

I always have the drawers and fridge in. If the fridge isnt in the car, then i arent going anywhere ill need the compressor

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I think, and dont quote me, but the dual compressor can run air tools etc, but if your doing more than 8 tyres at a time it may be worth having a tank as well. Ive pumped up 4 tyres and it barely gets warm. Would have no issues helping a mate straight after. Bloke i work with pumped up car and van tyres on a trip round australia no worries at all. It was his endorsement that made my decision.

Manifold is soley so i can reach the hose connection point. Also means your hose doesnt get as hot, which was a problem on older arb hoses but i believe theyve fixed that on the newer ones.

I always have the drawers and fridge in. If the fridge isnt in the car, then i arent going anywhere ill need the compressor

Yes it can but I believe for most a tank is required. I used to do a lot of diving so I've got a 5.5lt ali deco cylinder that looks like it may well fit in a similar location to but on the opposite side of the suspension tank.

Best I get the compressor fitted and then worry about the rest after. I'm hoping it'll fit behind the trim near the third row. Or check out the scrapies and see if I can get one off a D3

That's top info Reddahaydn, many thanks

[loanrangie]

Not sure about the 4X mod but the rest looks pretty good .

[Reddahaydn]

No photos but I did the trans fluid today, silicon intercooler hose (after the second LR one split), new heavy duty lower front control arms cuz the bushes were shagged, replaced the rear door hatch locking mechanism with the upgraded discovery 4 one and got another wheel alignment and reset the steering angle which fixed my HDC fault.



Also got a Nanocom Evolution to help out with diagnosing any further issues!

Turns out my EGRs are throwing a fault, but no warning light, so I'll be getting them blanked and the software over ridden next week. Softwares expensive tho!!! $600 Wow!

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No photos but I did the trans fluid today,

Any tips or tricks to the trans fluids? Did you pressurise the input?
I'm still trying to pluck up the courage to do mine.

[Ean Austral]

Any tips or tricks to the trans fluids? Did you pressurise the input?
I'm still trying to pluck up the courage to do mine.

If you don't have a steel pan with a drain plug you will have little to no chance.


If you do have a steel pan and are not changing the filter you just drain the oil, there is a fill plug on drivers side of the box, fill till the oil comes out ( just like filling a diff the old way )


Now for the tricky part, you are supposed to have a tool that can read the transmission temp and when it gets between 50 -80 degrees unscrew the fill plug, top up till oil runs out then put the plug in and Bobs ya fathers brother, ( some people pull one of the lines off the oil cooler and get the rest out and keep topping up till the oil is clean, but I never did that).


It takes about 10 - 15 mins of the car at idle to reach the required temp.


Cheers Ean

[Chilly]

No photos but I did the trans fluid today, silicon intercooler hose (after the second LR one split), new heavy duty lower front control arms cuz the bushes were shagged, replaced the rear door hatch locking mechanism with the upgraded discovery 4 one and got another wheel alignment and reset the steering angle which fixed my HDC fault.



Also got a Nanocom Evolution to help out with diagnosing any further issues!

Turns out my EGRs are throwing a fault, but no warning light, so I'll be getting them blanked and the software over ridden next week. Softwares expensive tho!!! $600 Wow!

Hi,
I have blanked my EGR's and removed the butterfly. What software do you have to have done? Not seen this mentioned on a few sites I have read about removing this.
Chilly